Mesenteric lymph nodes

Mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph: Mesenteric lymph nodes
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Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen
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Regional lymph tissue
Latin nodi lymphoidei mesenterici
Gray's subject #180 709

The mesenteric lymph nodes lie between the layers of the mesentery.

They vary from one hundred to one hundred and fifty in number, and may be grouped into three sets, viz.:

  • a second, in relation to the loops and primary branches of the vessels;
  • and a third along the trunk of the artery.

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